Other meteorologists, including Yale Climate Connections’ Jeff Masters, along with National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center meteorologist Laura Ciasto, who co-writes the agency’s “polar vortex blog, " say the polar vortex term is being misused. Technically, the polar vortex is 20 mi...
it’s clear that extreme weather events won’t stop—and will likely only get worse due to the effects of climate change. Now, more than ever, we need clear communication around the potential impact of storms. To do that, some experts are urging meteorologists to retire one of the ...
Jonathan Erdman is a senior meteorologist at weather.com and has been an incurable weather geek since a tornado narrowly missed his childhood home in Wisconsin at age 7. MORE ON WEATHER.COM: Southern Plains Flooding - May 2015 1/369 In this aerial photo, people prepare to launch a canoe...
According to meteorologists, splashes of color known as fire rainbows are also called halos, sun pillars, and circumhorizontal arcs. They can occur almost anywhere that cirrus or cirrostratus clouds form. Get our free mobile app What's A Fire Rainbow?
According to meteorologists, splashes of color known asfire rainbowsare also called halos, sun pillars, and circumhorizontal arcs. They can occur almost anywhere thatcirrusorcirrostratus cloudsform. Get our free mobile app What's A Fire Rainbow?
According to Wendell Bechtold, Meteorologist Forecaster for the National Weather Service in St. Louis Missouri, the balloon ascends to an altitude of around 100,000 feet, enough to see the earth's blue rounded edge from space. By that height, the balloon—depending on the size of the envelope...
Soon after the war ended, in 1950, meteorologists made the first weather prediction(opens in a new tab) on a colossal computer. The machine took up a 1,500-square-foot room(opens in a new tab). Today, weather forecasts are created with far more advanced computer simulations of the weathe...
How do meteorologist express the first law of thermodynamics? Answer the following question. What is Dalton's law of partial pressure? Why are there no proofs for the laws of thermodynamics? Why does cold mountain air become warm when it descends into the valley? What...
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But there are actually two measures of the seasons: “the astronomical seasons” (which follow the arrivals of equinoxes and solstices) and what’s called the“meteorological seasons.” Allison Chinchar, CNN meteorologist, explains the differences: ...